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  • Polish nun who sheltered Jewish children in WWII dies at age 110

    11/25/2018 7:46:10 PM PST · by Mrs. Don-o · 17 replies
    Israel Hayom ^ | November 23, 2018 | Israel Hayon staff
    Sister Cecylia Roszak was among group of nuns who set up convent hiding Jews who escaped the Vilna Ghetto from the Nazis • Named Righteous Among the Nations in 1984, Sister Cecylia was "like a mother" to those children, says fellow nun at Krakow convent. News Agencies and Israel Hayom Staff Polish nun Sister Cecylia Roszak, who has been honored for sheltering Jewish children during the Holocaust, died last week at the age of 110 and was laid to rest on Thursday in Krakow. Born March 25, 1908, Sister Cecylia joined a Krakow convent at age 21. She was in...